After the slap received at Newcastle (4-1), Bixente Lizarazu believes that there are gaps in the Paris Saint-Germain squad which serve Kylian Mbappé.
What’s wrong with Paris Saint-Germain? The heavy defeat conceded to Newcastle (4-1) raised some questions about the level of play of the capital club, after the 0-0 at Clermont. There was of course this 4-0 against OM or the 4-1 in Lyon, but this PSG has not always been sovereign this season, and certainly not at St James Park.
“It is the limit of Luis Enrique’s system, the 4-2-4, which creates an imbalance on the defensive levelobserved Bixente Lizarazu in Téléfoot about this meeting. Then, in this hostile atmosphere, Paris Saint-Germain moved with aggression and commitment. Afterwards I find that the PSG midfielder lacks creativity to form this link between the midfield and the attack, it did not work well. This is why they got through this Champions League match. »
In this match, there were also individual failures, and Lizarazu focused on the case of Kylian Mbappé, “which is not at its best at the moment”. “He is the one who is capable of making the difference and who does not”notes the 1998 world champion.
If Mbappé is not in his best period, beyond the physical problems (truncated preparation) and psychological (badly experienced sidelining) which could have been mentioned, Lizarazu believes that there is also a problem with the Parisian workforce. “I was talking about a lack of creativity in the middle. PSG lost Neymar, Messi and Verratti, three very creative players. There was no compensation, deplores the former Bayern player. Maybe he (Mbappé) feels the need to be at the origin of actions himself, while his primary quality is finishing, that’s where he excels. But he probably makes up for PSG’s lack at this level. »
